tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681037426604211309.post9008603719389873639..comments2023-05-12T06:37:00.969-07:00Comments on Recollected Life: Today's Challenge: What's in your Art Pile?Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04163649031423865626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681037426604211309.post-34523852842346880582010-09-17T18:07:46.655-07:002010-09-17T18:07:46.655-07:00And I'm finally okay with the fact that great ...And I'm finally okay with the fact that great literature can sustain many viewpoints of interpretation and reaction ... and I thought the Emily books ended sublimely. I did!<br /><br />Emily's distress of Dean was entirely something Dean knew all about. He was old enough (in every sense of the word) to know exactly what chances he was taking, and he knew she chose well. He gave her the Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04163649031423865626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681037426604211309.post-52268275123169806222010-09-17T11:50:22.958-07:002010-09-17T11:50:22.958-07:00The first Emily book was enchanting. (I didn'...The first Emily book was enchanting. (I didn't learn of L.M. Montgomery until i was a young adult. I read the Emily books when i was about 21-22.) The second one held a lot of promise & i rushed thru it. I couldn't wait to read the third & i stayed up all night reading it. I was so distressed by the mis-communication & lost years of Emily & Teddy that i almost couldn&Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272307621143522274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681037426604211309.post-22134977817663826322010-09-17T06:35:12.893-07:002010-09-17T06:35:12.893-07:00Interesting that your box is full of "stacks....Interesting that your box is full of "stacks." Mine is more like a junk drawer, so that one can rummage through it.<br /><br /> Baby teeth, dried up umbilical cord stumps and hair snippets from my kids. Fossils I've collected. My dad's gold class ring. My journals, my blue fountain pen. An oyster shell, a geode, and a piece of driftwood from a Lake Superior beach. A 1963 penny Genuine Lustrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397566905693730324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681037426604211309.post-50897030524052626292010-09-17T04:20:51.274-07:002010-09-17T04:20:51.274-07:00Disturbed you? Why did the Emily books disturb you...Disturbed you? Why did the Emily books disturb you? It's very interesting to me that the Emily books get strong reactions from people --- and they often do.<br /><br />Emily's in my pile because Emily's me. She's even more me than Elizabeth Bennett is, and that's saying something! I know "the flash" from my childhood too, and I have the same confusions and Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04163649031423865626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681037426604211309.post-89673291675450822512010-09-16T23:44:19.461-07:002010-09-16T23:44:19.461-07:00Wow. You have quite an eclectic list here. Some ...Wow. You have quite an eclectic list here. Some of the movies i've seen or books i've read. I liked The Village.<br /><br />Why the Emily books? Of all of L.M.'s books, i think that series disturbed me the most. It is also the one most biographical, i think. Curious on why you chose these?Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272307621143522274noreply@blogger.com